For some reason there wasn't already a dedicated Mummy Returns thread, that's fixed now 
I picked up a couple of new prop I picked up from the PropStore London, it's one of the box files which you see in the library scene at the start of The Mummy (1999) just before Evy destroys the place. Here are some reference photos with scale and colour chart:
It's got a removable polystyrene core, which has some kind of cotton material stuck on it that I'm choosing to believe is mummy wrap
I thought it was just wrapped in paper when I saw it on the PropStore's website but this is an actual stationary filing thing, which has creases to fold it flat (a lot like paper shopping bags) an it's also got a flap tucked inside. I'm not sure what these binder pouch/pocket things are called, has anyone seen them before? This was made by Avery, as you can see from where the glue's come unstuck at the top of the label:
Then of course the prop team's stuck a label on the front, made out of a sort of rough feeling paper. My label says it's got information on tools, which I especially liked because I am actually researching Ancient Egyptian tools and material working culture. Here are some shots of the label:
The PropStore website had a slightly inaccurate picture on their website, and it's label said the file was for 'art' and not 'tools' (I'm guessing they acquired a few of these binders and only took photos of one of them):
I wonder if there were any other ones, I'd expect so but I can't make out enough detail in the DVD I have. Maybe it's clearer on the BluRay.
I can't find a reference on the Internet for this style of Egypt Exploration Society (EES) logo, however it is incredibly similar to the original Egypt Exploration Fund (EEF) logo:
The only ones I can find are of this design, and they all have the established date at the top:
The EEF changed their name to the EES in 1919, and as the film is set in 1923 my suspicion is that the art team liked the style of the older EEF logo over the EES one but wanted the files to be current so swapped the wording out. I am a member of the EES, so the next time I make it to their library in London I will try and make time to have a look through the Society's own history section and see if I can find any more on the logos.
The dotted line on the bottom is quite clearly done by hand, the dots are very far from even! They did use a ruler for the line though
Of course I had to take a couple of glamour shots too, here it is with some of my artefacts, Egyptology books and my first edition copy of Dwellers on the Nile (which is what Evy was reading on the boat before the Madjai attacked):
I picked up a couple of new prop I picked up from the PropStore London, it's one of the box files which you see in the library scene at the start of The Mummy (1999) just before Evy destroys the place. Here are some reference photos with scale and colour chart:
It's got a removable polystyrene core, which has some kind of cotton material stuck on it that I'm choosing to believe is mummy wrap
I thought it was just wrapped in paper when I saw it on the PropStore's website but this is an actual stationary filing thing, which has creases to fold it flat (a lot like paper shopping bags) an it's also got a flap tucked inside. I'm not sure what these binder pouch/pocket things are called, has anyone seen them before? This was made by Avery, as you can see from where the glue's come unstuck at the top of the label:
Then of course the prop team's stuck a label on the front, made out of a sort of rough feeling paper. My label says it's got information on tools, which I especially liked because I am actually researching Ancient Egyptian tools and material working culture. Here are some shots of the label:
The PropStore website had a slightly inaccurate picture on their website, and it's label said the file was for 'art' and not 'tools' (I'm guessing they acquired a few of these binders and only took photos of one of them):
I wonder if there were any other ones, I'd expect so but I can't make out enough detail in the DVD I have. Maybe it's clearer on the BluRay.
I can't find a reference on the Internet for this style of Egypt Exploration Society (EES) logo, however it is incredibly similar to the original Egypt Exploration Fund (EEF) logo:
The only ones I can find are of this design, and they all have the established date at the top:
The EEF changed their name to the EES in 1919, and as the film is set in 1923 my suspicion is that the art team liked the style of the older EEF logo over the EES one but wanted the files to be current so swapped the wording out. I am a member of the EES, so the next time I make it to their library in London I will try and make time to have a look through the Society's own history section and see if I can find any more on the logos.
The dotted line on the bottom is quite clearly done by hand, the dots are very far from even! They did use a ruler for the line though
Of course I had to take a couple of glamour shots too, here it is with some of my artefacts, Egyptology books and my first edition copy of Dwellers on the Nile (which is what Evy was reading on the boat before the Madjai attacked):
